The 650 ton 'Mandarin' is said to have left the Isle of Wight on June 21,
1843 with 51 Parkhurst boys bound for Van Diemen's Land and another 31 who
were bound for New Zealand.

The journey began in London and the 'Mandarin' is said to have arrived in
Hobart on October 16, 1843. In Tasmania, 11 'free' and 40 'ticket-of-leave'
boys were discharged. She then went on to New Zealand where she was said to
have discharged a further 22 'free' and 9 'apprentice' Parkhurst boys in
Auckland on November 14, 1843. Her journey was said to have ended in
Wellington on December 10.

Other sources have broken up the 40 Tasmanian 'ticket-of-leave' boys
mentioned above into a group of 18 'ticket-of-leave' and 22 'apprenticed'
boys and that is how they are presented in the report below.

The boys were listed in Paul Buddee's book, 'Fate of the Artful Dodger'
and also in his research notes which were deposited in the Battye Library,
Perth, some time later. The 82 'free', 'apprenticed' and 'ticket-of-leave'
boys who were transported on the 'Mandarin' are transcribed below.

* Although this information has been compiled in good faith,
please refer to primary sources for confirmation and further research.